Bainbridge Island police blotter, July 23

The following items were taken from Bainbridge police reports by
reporter Ethan Fowler. For more blotter, visit
bainbridgeislander.com and click on Bainbridge blog link on the
right side of the screen.

July 19
Driving under the influence/liquor: A 28-year-old woman was
involved in a collision with a tree at Olympic Drive and Winslow
Way, south of Bainbridge Gateway Park, at 11:47 p.m. The woman was
late for a departing ferry and as a traffic signal turned yellow
the woman attempted to stop her car, but was unable to due to the
slick road conditions and collided with a tree in a ditch. After
failing her first three attempts on the voluntary portable breath
test, the woman blew a .161. The state’s legal limit for DUI is .08
for adults 21 and older. An officer also smelled alcohol on her
breath, and observed that she had watery eyes, slurred speech, etc.
The woman’s interaction with police was videotaped. She was
transported to the Kitsap County Jail after being booked for DUI
and also received a traffic citation.

Driving under the influence/liquor: A 34-year-old male visiting
from Brighton, Mass., was stopped at 1:01 a.m. for failing to
maintain his lane. The officer smelled alcohol on his breath. The
driver voluntarily took Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and
performed poorly on them. He was arrested for DUI and subsequently
blew 0.163 and 0.164 on the Breathalyzer test. He was booked into
Kitsap County Jail.

July 17
Warrant arrest by outside agency: A 29-year-old Federal Way woman
had a warrant arrest confirmed by the Bainbridge Island Police. The
report didn’t list why she had a warrant for her arrest.

Disorderly conduct: A 52-year-old woman reported a road rage
incident at Wyatt Way and Madison Avenue by a 64-year-old man who
was driving a van with another man after she approached a four-way
stop sign. The man started yelling at the woman and used obscene
hand gestures. The van then followed the woman into her neighbor’s
driveway and revved his vehicle’s engine, as well as lurched the
car forward in an attempt to intimate her. The driver of the van
then drove onto a ferry to Seattle, but not before the woman got
the van’s license number and called police. Ferry workers were
later able to identify the van based on the woman’s description
later.

About Ethan Fowler

Ethan Fowler has more than 20 years of journalism experience with 19 years of daily and weekly newspaper experience covering news, features and sports, as well as being an editor for 14 of those years. He has won several writing awards over the years in Washington state, Virginia, Texas and Georgia, including award-winning investigative journalism.
Fowler was paid by the Review & Herald Publishing Association in 2009 to co-author a book, "Brushed Back: The Story of Trevor Bullock," with his wife. The book details the real life of a top minor league pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization and his Christian faith. "Brushed Back" has sold more than 2,000 copies since its release.
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